Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. (I Peter 3:7)
Most of the people who read this blog are women, so… Ladies, this is not meant as a stick with which to beat your guys. Just as men should not say, “Woman, submit!” women should not say, “Yeah, men, in the same way!”
But Peter has done both men and modern women a favor in today’s passage, as he tells us what submission looks like. It is being considerate as you live someone and treating them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life. It means treating them as if they matter in your life, and both men and women are to practice it.
And when we say we will not submit, what we are saying is that we will
not be considerate of the person with whom we share a vow and a home. It means
we will disrespect them, put on them what they should not be required to bear,
humiliate them, and treat them as outcasts. In other words, not submitting
means treating someone precisely in the way that you probably would not want
them to treat you.
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